Athletics-Brazier storms home to win first 800 metre world title for U.S.

Donavan Brazier stormed home to claim a first-ever world title for the United States in the men's 800 metres on Tuesday. Brazier raced past Puerto Rican Wesley Vasquez with 300 metres left to win in a world championship record time of one minute 42.34 seconds.

Bosnia's Amel Tuka took the silver and Kenya's Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich the bronze. Brazier and fellow American Clayton Murphy, who finished fourth, both train at the Nike Oregon Project whose head coach Alberto Salazar was banned for four years by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Monday for "orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping conduct".

Salazar has denied wrongdoing and vowed to appeal and sportswear giant Nike has said it will stand by the 61-year-old coach.